H.R. 45*, a piece of anti-gun legislation also known as “Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009,” was stealthily introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Jan. 6 by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.). Read the summary of the legislation and you’ll find the implications of this measure, if it succeeds that [...]
Democrats in Rush to Seize Guns with H.R. 45
February 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Chevron Makes ‘Significant’ Deepwater Oil Discovery 190 Miles Southeast of Houston
February 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced today a new deepwater oil discovery at the Buckskin prospect located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The block is approximately 190 miles southeast of Houston, and 44 miles west of Chevron’s 2004 Jack discovery, which is also in the Lower Tertiary. The Buckskin No. 1 discovery well encountered more [...]
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Bernie Madoff Made Off With Their Money? (Updated)
February 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Ever wonder who’s on the list of people allegedly swindled by Bernie Madoff? If so, here’s a link to the 163-page document that contains the names of approximately 13,000 alleged victims. In related news, Irving H. Picard, the Court-appointed trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (“BLMIS”), announced in a statement [...]
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Nancy Pelosi Job Numbers Supplied by ACORN?
February 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
One month ago, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi publicly stated that “every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs,” according to a New York Post report. Though I could not confirm it, some suspect the job-loss estimates she offered were based upon voter registration statistics [...]
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Barack Obama, African-Americans Top Influentials
February 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Though it was reported yesterday in Advertising Age that President Barack Obama has displaced Academy Award®-winning actor Tom Hanks as the nation’s most-influential celebrity, perhaps the most-newsworthy aspect of the article — purported to contain “the latest data from the consumer-research firm Davie Brown Entertainment” — is that nine out of the Top 10 list [...]
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70 Experts Headline Climate Change Conference
February 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments
More than 70 of the world’s elite scientists specializing in climate issues will confront the subject of global warming at the second annual International Conference on Climate Change in New York City March 8-10. Sponsored by The Heartland Institute the event will feature economists, legal experts, and other climate specialists calling attention to new research [...]
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